Men's Basketball

Patriot League Men’s Basketball Saturday Recap presented by PenFed Credit Union (1.13.24)

Leopards remain undefeated, Eagles, Raiders, Terriers and Crusaders all earn wins

Leopards remain undefeated, Eagles, Raiders, Terriers and Crusaders all earn wins
 
AT LAFAYETTE LEOPARDS (5-12, 4-0 PL) 78, NAVY MIDSHIPMEN (6-9, 2-2 PL) 62
Kirby Sports Center/Easton, Pa.                        2 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
EASTON, Pa.Junior center Justin Vander Baan led four Leopards in double-figures with 19 points to help Lafayette down Navy, 78-62, to remain unbeaten in League play.
*Vander Baan connected on 9-of-14 from the floor, grabbed five rebounds and blocked a League season-high six shots to lead the Leopards.
*Junior guard Devin Hines finished with 18 points and six boards. Freshman guard Mark Butler added 15 points, eight rebounds and five assists, and senior guard Eric Sondberg chipped in 13 points and five rebounds.
*Lafayette capitalized on a hot-shooting first half, connecting on 60.7 percent (17-for-28) from the floor to take a 38-28 lead into the break.
*Navy sophomore guard Austin Benigni scored a game-high 21 points, while sophomore forward Donovan Draper recorded his sixth double-double of the season with 13 points and 14 rebounds.
*Junior guard Mac MacDonald added 10 points for the Mids.
RECAPS: NAVY | LAFAYETTE
 
COLGATE RAIDERS (9-8, 3-1 PL) 84, AT BUCKNELL BISON (5-12, 2-2 PL) 73
Sojka Pavilion, Lewisburg, Pa.                          3:30 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
LEWISBURG, Pa.Braeden Smith’s 14 points led five Raiders in double-figures as Colgate defeated Bucknell, 84-73, to improve to 3-1 in League play.
*Smith added nine rebounds, six assists and three steals. Junior guard Nicolas Louis-Jacques finished with 13 points, and sophomore guard Brady Cummins added 11 points.
*Senior forward Sam Thomson and junior forward Jeff Woodward added 11 and 10 points, respectively, to help the Raiders bench outscore Bucknell’s reserves, 30-8.   
*Bucknell senior guard Jack Forrest and junior guard Elvin Edmonds IV led the Bison with 17 points apiece. Edmonds added five rebounds, five assists and two steals.
*Sophomore center Noah Williamson posted 13 points and nine boards, while junior guard Josh Bascoe scored 10 points for the Bison.
RECAPS: COLGATE | BUCKNELL
 
AT AMERICAN EAGLES (9-8, 3-1 PL) 79, ARMY WEST POINT BLACK KNIGHTS (5-12, 1-3 PL) 60
Bender Arena/Washington, D.C.                        4 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
WASHINGTONSenior guard Colin Smalls matched a season-high with 16 points on 6-of-7 shooting from the floor, including 4-of-4 from long range, to lead American to a 79-60 victory over Army West Point.
*Smalls led an Eagles’ bench unit that accounted for 43 points, with 15 points and nine boards from sophomore center Jermaine Ballisager Webb and 10 points from sophomore guard Geoff Sprouse.
*American senior guard Lorenzo Donadio finished with 13 points, five rebounds and four assists, while junior guard Elijah Stephens added 10 points and a game-high eight assists for a squad that shot 58.2 percent (32-for-55) from the field.
*Freshman guard Ryan Curry led the Black Knights with 12 points, while junior guard TJ Small finished with 10 points on 3-of-6 shooting from beyond the arc.
RECAPS: ARMY WEST POINT | AMERICAN
 
HOLY CROSS CRUSADERS (4-13, 1-3 PL) 69, AT LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (4-11, 1-3 PL) 66 OT
Stabler Arena/Bethlehem, Pa.                            5 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
BETHLEHEM, Pa.Holy Cross senior guard Joe Octave scored five of his 14 points in overtime to lift the Crusaders to a 69-66 victory at Lehigh to claim their first League win of the season.
*Holy Cross freshman guard A.J. Willis and Lehigh freshman guard Nasir Whitlock traded baskets in the final 12 seconds to tie the score at 62, sending it to an extra frame.
*Willis scored a career-high 12 points and dished out four assists, while Octave matched a team-high nine rebounds and dished out three assists to go with his 14 points.
*Crusaders’ junior forward Caleb Kenney added 13 points and nine boards.
*Lehigh’s Whitlock scored a career-high 15 points to match senior center Dominic Parolin for a game-high 15 points.
*Senior guard Jalin Sinclair added 12 points and four assists for the Mountain Hawks.
RECAPS: HOLY CROSS | LEHIGH
 
BOSTON UNIVERSITY TERRIERS (7-10, 2-2 PL) 60, AT LOYOLA MARYLAND GREYHOUNDS (3-14, 1-3 PL) 58
Reitz Arena/Baltimore, Md.                               5 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
BALTIMORESenior forward Anthony Morales scored a career-high 24 points to help Boston University overcome a 17-point second-half deficit in a 60-58 victory at Loyola Maryland.  
*Morales connected on 9-of-15 from the floor, including 5-of-11 from long distance to go with seven rebounds and four steals off the bench to help the Terriers improve to 2-2 in League play.
*Sophomore forward Nico Nobili finished with 11 points on 4-of-6 shooting for the Terriers.
*Boston University outscored the Greyhounds 39-25 in the second half.
*Loyola Maryland junior guard D’Angelo Stines and junior forward Milos Ilic finished with 13 points apiece to lead the Greyhounds.
*Graduate student forward Golden Dike added 12 points and six boards.
RECAPS: BOSTON UNIVERSITY | LOYOLA MARYLAND
 
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